Despite many well-intentioned efforts to create, revise, reform, and establish an effective child welfare system in the United States, the system continues to fail to ensure the safety and well-being of maltreated children.
Despite many well-intentioned efforts to create, revise, reform, and establish an effective child welfare system in the United States, the system continues to fail to ensure the safety and well-being of maltreated children.
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER / OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD THE AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT'S ORIGIN STORY'Essential reading for this moment in history' New York Times'You will not read a more important book about America this year' Economist'Brilliant .
A classic memoir of prison breaks and adventure - a bestselling phenomenon of the 1960sCondemned for a murder he had not committed, Henri Charriere (nicknamed Papillon) was sent to the penal colony of French Guiana.
A compelling portrait of 1960s America that takes as its starting point the brutal events of 11 March 1963, the day on which the lives of three complete strangers - a black handyman, an Italian-American carpenter and a second-generation Jewish housewife - collided in the leafy Boston suburb of Belmont.
A 'MAKING A MURDERER' set in South Africa - a gripping true-crime story of murder and the justice system in the shadow of apartheid'Gripping, explosive .
Christy takes readers behind the scenes of what life was like living in South Carolina, becoming a teen mom at the age of fifteen and again at the age of seventeen.
A pathbreaking work for the next stage of the #MeToo movement, showing how we can address sexual harms with fairness to both victims and the accused, and exposing the sexism that shapes today's contentious debates about due processOver the past few years, a remarkable number of sexual harassment victims have come forward with their stories, demanding consequences for their assailants and broad societal change.
Doli Incapax is a disturbing memoir by a current practising lawyer who guts and fillets the legal profession, the police, the Catholic Church and what she considers the most toxic institution of all; the family.
Aunque toda utopía como la paz se reconoce compleja y difícil, este libro presenta una visión esperanzadora sobre la que habrán de profundizarse las acciones necesarias unas y complementaria otras, refrendadas tanto por instituciones nacionales como internacionales, para fortalecer y ratificar el proceso iniciado con la firma del Acuerdo en noviembre del 2016.
El objetivo trazado para el libro Voces subjetivas diversas: reflexiones polifónicas para la construcción de una cultura de paz es realizar un aporte a la construcción de conocimiento sobre el protagonismo de las voces diversas en el desarrollo de salidas pacíficas a los conflictos.
Zwei vollkommen unterschiedliche Frauen wagen eine Flucht aus den Zwängen einer post-apokalyptischen Gesellschaft und entdecken nicht nur die erschreckende Wahrheit über den Hintergrund dieser Gesellschaft, sondern enthüllen auch ein über viele Jahrhunderte gehütetes Geheimnis.
The 32nd fostering memoir from international bestseller Cathy GlassStruggling to cope with three young children, Janie turns to experienced foster carer Cathy Glass.
The new fostering memoir from the Sunday Times bestselling author Casey WatsonSix-year-old Amelie lives with her mother, Kelly, who suffers from bipolar disorder.
Groomed and procured by a woman, raped by several men and labelled 'one of the most abused girl in Rotherham', now Elizabeth Harper is fighting for answers as to why so many people paid to protect our children simply turned a blind eye.
From the Sunday Times Bestselling author Dr Amanda BrownRevisit the wold of The Prison Doctor, as she describes stories of her time spent with foreign national prisoners.
Gaia was groomed, abused and enslaved - but then she fought backGaia Cooper is just 14 years old when she is groomed by a criminal gang and forced to commit organised credit card fraud.
A shocking true story that reveals how one woman was tormented to the very depths of despair by her husband through coercive control and continual physical and sexual abuse.
"Hablar de violación a tenor de casos mediáticamente "expandidos" parece haberse convertido en buque insignia de muchos debates (de esos que ponen a prueba la peculiar y variable escala de la sensibilidad social) así como de manifestaciones feministas y menos feministas.
Organizaciones criminales de reciente data han pasado a convertirse en una amenaza novedosa al monopolio de la fuerza y la soberanía del Estado nacional.